The soldiers disguised as vendors at the gate of the city also acted quickly, subdued the city gate and took the city gate, and six or seven of them rushed to the city wall. The enemy soldiers on the city wall relied on their armored bodies and tried to resist stubbornly, but the Hexi army soldiers jumped up and waved their horizontal knives, and took off their heads, so frightened that the rest of the people did not dare to move again.

They raised their flags on the city walls and waved them a few times, then threw them under the towers. When the Hexi army got the news, they hurriedly rushed up the narrow slope and stepped on the steep stone steps towards the city gate.

There were many guards stationed in the caves dug on both sides of the pass, and they noticed the movement in front of the pass, and hurriedly organized their men, put on their armor, and rushed towards the city wall.

The Hexi army set up their horizontal swords, took out their crossbows and took the initiative to defend, waiting for the large army to enter the city. The two sides engaged in a fierce battle in the narrow pass, slashing each other with horizontal swords. Most of the Hexi Army were veterans of a hundred battles, and their technical and tactical level was more than a little stronger than that of the Jiannan soldiers, and they did not fall behind in resisting the attacks of hundreds of Jiannan soldiers. These southern soldiers only dared to harass and shoot from a distance with bamboo and wooden bows.

Tian Zhen carried the Mo knife in front of him, strode into the city gate of Wuding Pass, and rushed in front of the guards of the pass, swept the blade and slashed off the heads of several soldiers.

More Hexi troops poured into the pass, and the crossbow arrows in their hands were not missing, and after shooting down several people in a row. The guards hurriedly turned around and fled, burrowing into the cave of the hidden soldiers carved into the rock wall.

Tian Zhen stood in the open space and threatened loudly: "King Yong led a large army to pacify Shuzhong, attacking the city and plundering the land all the way, and everywhere he went, he looked at the wind and surrendered. Now that the army has entered the Wuding Pass, if you don't hurry out and surrender quickly, do you have to wait for our army to start killing? ”

As soon as his words fell, a person's voice had already sounded from the Tibetan soldier cave: "Don't kill, don't kill, we will surrender." ”

Everyone looked fixedly, but the general guarding the pass slowly walked out of the cave with a white flag in his hand, followed by a group of guards who were barely breathing. They untied their weapons from their waists and threw them to the ground, where they fell to their knees.

Li Siye rode a war horse into the pass slowly, looked down at the surrendered general condescendingly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "You are the general guarding the pass?" ”

The general's body was fat, his face was fat and white, he lowered his head and trembled: "The sin general is exactly, I really don't know that it is the army of King Yong, if I know, even if I borrow a hundred guts, I will not dare to resist stubbornly, I will only open the city gate early to welcome the army into the city." ”

Many generals under Li Siye's command looked at this person with a little more contemptuous banter, it turned out that he was a greedy person who was afraid of death, and he knew that he wouldn't have to spend so much time.

Li Siye asked again: "Do you know who the guards of the Sword Gate Pass are and how many troops are in the pass?" ”

The general replied honestly: "Jianmen Pass is a big pass, it is by no means comparable to my Wuding Pass and a small pass, there are more than 1,500 soldiers in the pass, and the guard general is also a child of a family who is Zheng'er Bajing, but Cui Mi, the younger brother of the current Shizhou Thorn Shi Cui Ning." ”

Li Siye rode on his horse and muttered, "Disciple of the Boling Cui clan, it sounds a little troublesome. ”

Usually these noble children are well educated, and their character and loyalty are far from being comparable to ordinary people, and I am afraid that it is difficult to do it by bribery and intimidation alone. I'm afraid that there is not much hope for a surprise attack, so I have to find a way from other aspects.

He said to the general: "Since you are a general here, you must be very familiar with the mountains and rivers from Wuding Gorge to the Sword Pavilion, so it is better to make meritorious contributions and serve as the former military guide of our army, and then reward your merits after arriving in Shuzhong." ”

"Willing to obey orders."

Li Siye turned around and climbed the city tower of Wudingguan, looking at the mountains in the distance, the road they came to was the remains of the burned plank road on the mountainside, and now they still have palpitations. There is only one winding path in the valley that leads to this pass. He couldn't help but sigh at the danger of the five dings, if it was really a husband and a man, it would not be opened. If the soldiers guarding the pass of the Jiannan Army were loyal to their duties and well-trained, his 40,000 troops would definitely be blocked at the foot of the mountain and would never be able to attack it.

After taking Wuding Pass, Li Siye led the army to continue to march south along the Golden Bull Road, and the Shu Road became more and more difficult, but fortunately, because of the need to provide supplies to Wuding Pass, the plank road leading to the Sword Pavilion was still intact. This shows that he made the right decision to choose the Golden Bull Road in the first place, and if he chose other roads such as Lychee Road or Rice Cang Road, there would be more damaged boardwalks along the way. If you choose Yinping Road in the west, you can only roll down the mountain like Deng Ai.

The terrain of the Sword Pavilion is extremely steep, the mountains on both sides stand straight and upright like a knife and axe, only the road in the middle leads to the Jianmen Pass, although the Guancheng does not appear to be majestic in this natural cliff, but the city wall winds and undulates are built according to the terrain, no matter from which direction to attack the city wall, you have to bear the disadvantages brought by the mountain drop, and you really sigh when you look at the mountain.

Li Siye cautiously did not drive the army to the front of the pass, and continued to send people to reconnoiter in disguise, these people pretended to be woodcutters in the mountains to approach the city wall, and found that there were people on guard at each battlement on the city, and they rotated every two hours, and they wanted to enter the pass in a muddle like last time, I am afraid it is impossible.

A scout was about to approach the front of the pass when he was immediately driven away by the bows and arrows of the guards on the city wall.

The scouts hurriedly came back to report to Li Siye, which made Li Siye a little difficult, even Li Bai said that the Sword Pavilion was magnificent and Cui Wei, one husband should be the pass, ten thousand people are not open, what I saw today is really true.

Just when he was at a loss, Wei Yingwu, the chief secretary of the marching army under his command, entered the tent and offered him advice: "My lord, when he accompanied Emperor Taishang into Shuzhong in the past, he had a relationship with Shi Cuining, the assassin of Shizhou, and at that time he was just a small lieutenant under the command of Jiannan Jiedu, and he was promoted by Cui Yuan, Cui Jian and others from the same sect. This man is greedy for money and lustful, and not a righteous man. Why didn't the lord prepare a generous gift for him, disguise himself as a merchant and go to the city of Sizhou, and persuade Cui Ning to submit to the lord, once Cui Ning submits to him, his younger brother will naturally sacrifice the city. Once we cross the Sword Gate Pass, Yizhou, the land of abundance, will be completely exposed to us. ”

Li Siye nodded thoughtfully: "If it's as you said, you can give it a try." ”

He led the army to carry a lot of gold and silver, which was used to encourage and reward soldiers in battle, and now there is a way to enter the Sword Gate Pass without spending anyone's life, so it is natural to prepare gifts thicker, so as not to make Cui Ning say that we are a little family.

Wei Yingwu went on the road with gifts, accompanied by five or six men dressed as soldiers, each leading a horse. The horses had some mountain goods on their backs as a cover, and the inside was full of gold and spices.

When he came to the Jianmen Pass, he was interrogated by the gatekeepers, Wei Yingwu took the initiative to hand over the money for the pass, and gave some silver to the gatekeepers, so that he passed the Jianmen Pass smoothly.

As soon as they passed the Sword Gate, the terrain became gentle, and the roads led in all directions.

It was already evening when Wei Yingwu entered the city of Shizhou, so he found a mansion to rest in, and went to visit the Assassin's Mansion the next morning. How to convince this old acquaintance who met in the past that he already has a draft in his heart.

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